Hot and dry conditions “perfect for bushfires” are expected to linger over Queensland into November as Brisbane residents sweat through steamy conditions on Thursday.

Queensland’s Fire Department issued a slew of total fire bans this week that came into effect from Wednesday and covered 23 local government areas from Gladstone to the NSW border.

“We’ve got some challenging weather conditions coming over [Wednesday and Thursday] across southern and central Queensland,” Rural Fire Service Queensland assistant chief officer Joel Gordon said.

“We’ve got a whole lot of hot air that’s been sitting in Central Australia, which is… bringing some strong winds, low humidity and obviously high surface temperatures.”

Weather bureau senior meteorologist Felim Hanniffy said the south-east was hitting

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